Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.24

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4.24.1

तामाशु वेगेन दुरासदेन
त्वभिप्लुतां शोकमहार्णवेन।
पश्यंस्तदा वाल्यनुजस्तरस्वी
भ्रातुर्वधेनाप्रतिमेन तेपे ॥ ४.२४.१ ॥

Seeing her swiftly overwhelmed by the great ocean of grief, with an irresistible force, the strong younger brother of Vālī then suffered from the unequalled slaying of his brother.

4.24.2

स बाष्पपूर्णेन मुखेन पश्यन्
क्षणेन निर्विण्णमना मनस्वी।
जगाम रामस्य शनैः समीपं
भृत्यैर्वृतः सम्परिदूयमानः ॥ ४.२४.२ ॥

Looking with a face full of tears, his mind despairing, the thoughtful one, surrounded by servants and deeply distressed, slowly went near Rāma.

4.24.3

स तं समासाद्य गृहीतचाप-
मुदात्तमाशीविषतुल्यबाणम्।
यशस्विनं लक्षणलक्षिताङ्ग-
मवस्थितं राघवमित्युवाच ॥ ४.२४.३ ॥

Having approached him, Rāghava, who held his bow, had noble arrows like venomous serpents, was glorious, and whose limbs bore auspicious marks, standing there, he spoke thus.

4.24.4

यथा प्रतिज्ञातमिदं नरेन्द्र
कृतं त्वया दृष्टफलं च कर्म।
ममाद्य भोगेषु नरेन्द्रसूनो
मनो निवृत्तं हतजीवितेन ॥ ४.२४.४ ॥

O lord of men, as you promised, you have done this deed, and its fruit is seen. O son of the lord of men, today my mind has turned away from pleasures, from one whose life is ruined.

4.24.5

अस्यां महिष्यां तु भृशं रुदत्यां
पुरेऽतिविक्रोशति दुःखतप्ते।
हते नृपे संशयितेऽङ्गदे च
न राम राज्ये रमते मनो मे ॥ ४.२४.५ ॥

While this chief queen weeps greatly and laments loudly in the city, tormented by sorrow, the king being slain and Aṅgada in doubt, O Rāma, my mind does not delight in the kingdom.

4.24.6

क्रोधादमर्षादतिविप्रधर्षाद्
भ्रातुर्वधो मेऽनुमतः पुरस्तात्।
हते त्विदानीं हरियूथपेऽस्मिन्
सुतीक्ष्णमिक्ष्वाकुवर प्रतप्स्ये ॥ ४.२४.६ ॥

Out of anger and unbearable insult I once approved the killing of my brother. But now, if this lord of the monkey troop is slain, O best of the Ikṣvākus, I shall burn with intense grief.

4.24.7

श्रेयोऽद्य मन्ये मम शैलमुख्ये
तस्मिन् हि वासश्चिरमृष्यमूके।
यथा तथा वर्तयतः स्ववृत्त्या
नेमं निहत्य त्रिदिवस्य लाभः ॥ ४.२४.७ ॥

Today I think it is better for me to live by my own means on that chief mountain Ṛṣyamūka, where I have dwelt for a long time. Even the gain of heaven, won by slaying him, is not what I want.

4.24.8

न त्वा जिघांसामि चरेति यन्मा-
मयं महात्मा मतिमानुवाच।
तस्यैव तद् राम वचोऽनुरूप-
मिदं वचः कर्म च मेऽनुरूपम् ॥ ४.२४.८ ॥

'I do not wish to kill you; go' — the great-souled and wise one spoke these words to me. O Rāma, his words were fitting; and this word and my deed are fitting too.

4.24.9

भ्राता कथं नाम महागुणस्य
भ्रातुर्वधं राम विरोचयेत।
राज्यस्य दुःखस्य च वीर सारं
विचिन्तयन् कामपुरस्कृतोऽपि ॥ ४.२४.९ ॥

O Rāma, how would a brother approve the killing of a brother of great virtue? O hero, even one who weighs the essence of kingdom and of sorrow, if led by desire, how could he approve it?

4.24.10

वधो हि मे मतो नासीत् स्वमाहात्म्यव्यतिक्रमात्।
ममासीद् बुद्धिदौरात्म्यात् प्राणहारी व्यतिक्रमः ॥ ४.२४.१० ॥

In truth my own slaying was not approved by me, for I transgressed my own greatness; but through the wickedness of my mind this life-taking transgression came upon me.

4.24.11

द्रुमशाखावभग्नोऽहं मुहूर्तं परिनिष्टनन्।
सान्त्वयित्वा त्वनेनोक्तो न पुनः कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ ४.२४.११ ॥

Struck down by a tree branch, I lay groaning for a moment. Having comforted me, he said: you should not do such a thing again.

4.24.12

भ्रातृत्वमार्यभावश्च धर्मश्चानेन रक्षितः।
मया क्रोधश्च कामश्च कपित्वं च प्रदर्शितम् ॥ ४.२४.१२ ॥

Brotherhood, noble conduct and dharma were upheld by him, while I displayed anger, desire and the nature of a monkey.

4.24.13

अचिन्तनीयं परिवर्जनीय-
मनीप्सनीयं स्वनवेक्षणीयम्।
प्राप्तोऽस्मि पाप्मानमिदं वयस्य
भ्रातुर्वधात् त्वाष्ट्रवधादिवेन्द्रः ॥ ४.२४.१३ ॥

Friend, I have incurred this sin, unthinkable, to be shunned, undesirable, not even to be looked upon by oneself, through killing my brother, as Indra incurred it by killing the son of Tvaṣṭṛ.

4.24.14

पाप्मानमिन्द्रस्य मही जलं च
वृक्षाश्च कामं जगृहुः स्त्रियश्च।
को नाम पाप्मानमिमं सहेत
शाखामृगस्य प्रतिपत्तुमिच्छेत् ॥ ४.२४.१४ ॥

The earth, the waters, the trees and women took upon themselves Indra's sin at will; but who could bear this sin, or who would wish to counter a monkey?

4.24.15

नार्हामि सम्मानमिमं प्रजानां
न यौवराज्यं कुत एव राज्यम्।
अधर्मयुक्तं कुलनाशयुक्त-
मेवंविधं राघव कर्म कृत्वा ॥ ४.२४.१५ ॥

O Rāghava, having done such a deed, united with adharma and leading to the ruin of the family, I do not deserve this honor from the people, nor the office of crown prince, much less kingship itself.

4.24.16

पापस्य कर्तास्मि विगर्हितस्य
क्षुद्रस्य लोकापकृतस्य लोके।
शोको महान् मामभिवर्ततेऽयं
वृष्टेर्यथा निम्नमिवाम्बुवेगः ॥ ४.२४.१६ ॥

I am a sinner, reviled, base, a wrong-doer to the world. As the rush of rain-water overwhelms low ground, this great grief overwhelms me.

4.24.17

सोदर्यघातापरगात्रवालः
संतापहस्ताक्षिशिरोविषाणः।
एनोमयो मामभिहन्ति हस्ती
दृप्तो नदीकूलमिव प्रवृद्धः ॥ ४.२४.१७ ॥

The sin of killing a brother strikes me, like a maddened elephant whose trunk, eyes and head are scorched with pain, striking the swollen bank of a river.

4.24.18

अंहो बतेदं नृवराविषह्यं
निवर्तते मे हृदि साधुवृत्तम्।
अग्नौ विवर्णं परितप्यमानं
किट्टं यथा राघव जातरूपम् ॥ ४.२४.१८ ॥

Alas, best of men, Rāghava! This unbearable sin drives my righteous conduct from my heart, as dross heated in fire dulls the colour of gold.

4.24.19

महाबलानां हरियूथपाना-
मिदं कुलं राघव मन्निमित्तम्।
अस्याङ्गदस्यापि च शोकतापा-
दर्धस्थितप्राणमितीव मन्ये ॥ ४.२४.१९ ॥

O Rāghava, because of me this clan of mighty lords of monkey troops is in peril. And I think even Aṅgada's life hangs only half-held, from grief and anguish.

4.24.20

सुतः सुलभ्यः सुजनः सुवश्यः
कुतस्तु पुत्रः सदृशोऽङ्गदेन।
न चापि विद्येत स वीर देशो
यस्मिन् भवेत् सोदरसंनिकर्षः ॥ ४.२४.२० ॥

A son is easy to get, a good man and one easily controlled. But where would one find a son equal to Aṅgada? O hero, there is no land either where a brother's nearness would be found.

4.24.21

अद्याङ्गदो वीरवरो न जीवे-
ज्जीवेत माता परिपालनार्थम्।
विना तु पुत्रं परितापदीना
सा नैव जीवेदिति निश्चितं मे ॥ ४.२४.२१ ॥

Today Aṅgada, the best of heroes, will not live; the mother might have lived, if only to nurture him. Without her son, she will surely not live, wretched with grief — this is my firm conviction.

4.24.22

सोऽहं प्रवेक्ष्याम्यतिदीप्तमग्निं
भ्रात्रा च पुत्रेण च सख्यमिच्छन्।
इमे विचेष्यन्ति हरिप्रवीराः
सीतां निदेशे परिवर्तमानाः ॥ ४.२४.२२ ॥

Therefore I shall enter the blazing fire, desiring friendship with my brother and my son. These foremost monkey heroes, moving under my command, will search for Sītā.

4.24.23

कृत्स्नं तु ते सेत्स्यति कार्यमेत-
न्मय्यप्यतीते मनुजेन्द्रपुत्र।
कुलस्य हन्तारमजीवनार्हं
रामानुजानीहि कृतागसं माम् ॥ ४.२४.२३ ॥

Yet even after I have passed away, this whole task of yours will be accomplished, O son of the lord of men. Rāma, grant me leave — I, the guilty one, the slayer of my kin, unworthy of life.

4.24.24

इत्येवमार्तस्य रघुप्रवीरः
श्रुत्वा वचो वालिजघन्यजस्य।
संजातबाष्पः परवीरहन्ता
रामो मुहूर्तं विमना बभूव ॥ ४.२४.२४ ॥

Having heard these words of the grieving younger brother of Vāli, Rāma — the hero of the Raghus, slayer of enemy warriors — was moved to tears and for a moment grew downcast.

4.24.25

तस्मिन् क्षणेऽभीक्ष्णमवेक्षमाणः
क्षितिक्षमावान् भुवनस्य गोप्ता।
रामो रुदन्तीं व्यसने निमग्नां
समुत्सुकः सोऽथ ददर्श ताराम् ॥ ४.२४.२५ ॥

In that moment, looking again and again, Rāma — patient as the earth, protector of the world — eagerly beheld Tārā, weeping and sunk in calamity.

4.24.26

तां चारुनेत्रां कपिसिंहनाथां
पतिं समाश्लिष्य तदा शयानाम्।
उत्थापयामासुरदीनसत्त्वां
मन्त्रिप्रधानाः कपिराजपत्नीम् ॥ ४.२४.२६ ॥

They raised up the fair-eyed wife of the lord of the monkey lions, who lay clasping her husband; her spirit was still unbroken, and the chief ministers lifted her.

4.24.27

सा विस्फुरन्ती परिरभ्यमाणा
भर्तुः समीपादपनीयमाना।
ददर्श रामं शरचापपाणिं
स्वतेजसा सूर्यमिव ज्वलन्तम् ॥ ४.२४.२७ ॥

Trembling, drawn away from her husband's side while others held her in their embrace, she saw Rāma with bow and arrow in hand, blazing with his own radiance like the sun.

4.24.28

सुसंवृतं पार्थिवलक्षणैश्च
तं चारुनेत्रं मृगशावनेत्रा।
अदृष्टपूर्वं पुरुषप्रधान-
मयं स काकुत्स्थ इति प्रजज्ञे ॥ ४.२४.२८ ॥

Adorned with the marks of kingship, fair-eyed and never seen before, the foremost of men, the fawn-eyed one knew him: 'This is that Kākutstha.'

4.24.29

तस्येन्द्रकल्पस्य दुरासदस्य
महानुभावस्य समीपमार्या।
आर्तातितूर्णं व्यसनं प्रपन्ना
जगाम तारा परिविह्वलन्ती ॥ ४.२४.२९ ॥

Noble Tārā, sunk in anguish, hurried to the side of him who was like Indra, hard to approach, of great power, utterly bewildered.

4.24.30

तं सा समासाद्य विशुद्धसत्त्वं
शोकेन सम्भ्रान्तशरीरभावा।
मनस्विनी वाक्यमुवाच तारा
रामं रणोत्कर्षणलब्धलक्ष्यम् ॥ ४.२४.३० ॥

Having reached him of pure nature, Tārā, high-minded, her body and mind shaken with grief, spoke these words to Rāma, who had gained his mark by excelling in battle.

4.24.31

त्वमप्रमेयश्च दुरासदश्च
जितेन्द्रियश्चोत्तमधर्मकश्च।
अक्षीणकीर्तिश्च विचक्षणश्च
क्षितिक्षमावान् क्षतजोपमाक्षः ॥ ४.२४.३१ ॥

You are immeasurable, hard to approach, self-controlled, supreme in righteousness, of undiminished fame, wise, patient as the earth, with eyes red as blood.

4.24.32

त्वमात्तबाणासनबाणपाणि-
र्महाबलः संहननोपपन्नः।
मनुष्यदेहाभ्युदयं विहाय
दिव्येन देहाभ्युदयेन युक्तः ॥ ४.२४.३२ ॥

You, with bow and arrow in hand, are greatly mighty and endowed with a strong body; having abandoned the prosperity of a human body, you are joined to a divine bodily splendour.

4.24.33

येनैव बाणेन हतः प्रियो मे
तेनैव बाणेन हि मां जहीहि।
हता गमिष्यामि समीपमस्य
न मां विना वीर रमेत वाली ॥ ४.२४.३३ ॥

With the very arrow by which my beloved was struck down, strike me down too; slain, I shall go to his side. O hero, Vālī would not delight without me.

4.24.34

स्वर्गेऽपि पद्मामलपत्रनेत्र
समेत्य सम्प्रेक्ष्य च मामपश्यन्।
न ह्येष उच्चावचताम्रचूडा
विचित्रवेषाप्सरसोऽभजिष्यत् ॥ ४.२४.३४ ॥

Even in heaven, this lotus-petal-eyed one, having met and looked upon me, not seeing me, would not have sought the apsarases of varied attire.

4.24.35

स्वर्गेऽपि शोकं च विवर्णतां च
मया विना प्राप्स्यति वीर वाली।
रम्ये नगेन्द्रस्य तटावकाशे
विदेहकन्यारहितो यथा त्वम् ॥ ४.२४.३५ ॥

O hero, without me Vālī will obtain grief and pallor even in heaven, as you are on the lovely mountain-slope, bereft of the daughter of Videha.

4.24.36

त्वं वेत्थ तावद् वनिताविहीनः
प्राप्नोति दुःखं पुरुषः कुमारः।
तत् त्वं प्रजानञ्जहि मां न वाली
दुःखं ममादर्शनजं भजेत ॥ ४.२४.३६ ॥

You know that a man deprived of a wife, even a young prince, obtains sorrow. Therefore, knowing this, do not abandon me; not Vālin, but sorrow born of separation from me would befall you.

4.24.37

यच्चापि मन्येत भवान् महात्मा
स्त्रीघातदोषस्तु भवेन्न मह्यम्।
आत्मेयमस्येति हि मां जहि त्वं
न स्त्रीवधः स्यान्मनुजेन्द्रपुत्र ॥ ४.२४.३७ ॥

And if you, the noble one, think that the fault of killing a woman would not be mine, then know that she is his own self; therefore strike me down. O son of the lord of men, this would not be the killing of a woman.

4.24.38

शास्त्रप्रयोगाद् विविधाश्च वेदा-
दनन्यरूपाः पुरुषस्य दाराः।
दारप्रदानाद्धि न दानमन्यत्
प्रदृश्यते ज्ञानवतां हि लोके ॥ ४.२४.३८ ॥

Through the application of scripture and through the Vedas, a man's wives, though many, are of one and the same form, not other. Indeed, in the world the wise see no gift other than the gift of a wife.

4.24.39

त्वं चापि मां तस्य मम प्रियस्य
प्रदास्यसे धर्ममवेक्ष्य वीर।
अनेन दानेन न लप्स्यसे त्व-
मधर्मयोगं मम वीर घातात् ॥ ४.२४.३९ ॥

And you too, considering dharma, will give me to that dear one of mine. O hero, by this gift you will not obtain union with adharma arising from my slaying.

4.24.40

आर्तामनाथामपनीयमाना-
मेवंगतां नार्हसि मामहन्तुम्।
अहं हि मातङ्गविलासगामिना
प्लवंगमानामृषभेण धीमता।
विना वरार्होत्तमहेममालिना
चिरं न शक्ष्यामि नरेन्द्र जीवितुम् ॥ ४.२४.४० ॥

Do not, I beg you, kill me, distressed and without protector, though I am being led away in this manner. Without that wise bull among the monkeys, whose gait is like an elephant's, wearing the finest golden garland, I shall not be able to live long, O lord of men.